Dictionary of all Scriptures & Myths

ERIDU AND ITS GATES 

"Eridu " is a symbol of the higher planes,-atma-buddhi-manas, and its gates "' stand for the higher mental plane through which there is access from the higher planes to the lower, and from the lower to the higher.

"Eridu. This ancient city, the older name of which was Eri-dugga (The Holy City', was the Jerusalem, the Umritza, the Mecca of Chaldea.". - G. RAWLINSON, Rel. Systems, p. 16.

"Men-nofer (Memphis), 'the good place,' is the equivalent of the name of the ancient seaport of Babylonia, Eridu." - A. H. SAYCE, Gifford Lectures, p. 138.  

See Also

BOLTS
GATES
JERUSALEM
MEMPHIS
TAmmuz